I agree that Open Office is one of the most important open source projects. This is because it won't be a Linux derivitive that makes its way onto the desktops of the masses first. It will be open, free applications that can reliably provide the benifit of expensive commercial applications on the *Windows* desktop. A company I work for is interested in an open source "Save to PDF" tool because, well, have you priced Adobe's Acrobat lately? Not cheap. So, they are willing to consider this open source replacement to distribute to the general population. It provides most of the functionality that most of their user base needs and saves them money. The users don't even need to learn anything new. But ask them to swap out their enterprise desktop? Forget about it. If Open Office can get there (and it will *long* before Linux deriviti do), the Corporate World(TM) will open its loving arms.
I have been using JAlbum for my photo album projects for quite some time now. I like it pretty well and there are a lot of templates out there for it. I'm not crazy about it though. I checked earlier versions of Gallery a while back but I didn't care for the look of the UI and the webpages it created. Anybody try this new version of Gallery yet? Any other free web albums you guys would recommend?
Take a close look at the graphic of the interface. See the name? "Hiro Protagonist".
Somebody is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash">Snow Crash fan...
How much do I charge? What should I be focusing on, hardware upgrades? Virus and spyware removal? Home networking?
I don't think it really benefits you to try to focus on one of these individual things. Just call it "Computer Services". If you are skilled in any of these areas, offer it. Usually (and this is true with nearly every business), the customer will have a need for one of your services (install some additional RAM, for example) and while you are working on that issue, three other issues will become apparent.
How much to charge is totally dependant on your market (home users, small business, etc.). I'm in Chicago and my customers are small businesses and the home networks of some doctors/lawyers/etc. I never charge less than $50/hour for on site services (that is a "friends and family" rate) and usually it is $75 or $100. Try not to under value your services too much, but also, you have to recognize your value in your individual marked.
I *never* charge flat rate for services, though I will "not count" some of my time occasionally. The only exceptions for this, in my business, is when I do photography and web site design. All other services are strictly hourly.
Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday.
Holy crap! I wonder who our best spammer is. Maybe they can start having Spam Olympics or something.
That said, I'm not real big on the idea of killing off the spammers. Amputate their hands or break their spines, maybe. How many spams can then send typing with their feet or using one of those quadriplegic typing sticks? (clearing the way for the Spam Special Olympics).
... this capability. Yes, PDF forms have allowed this for quite some time. But, like it or lump it, MS is the leader when it comes to productivity apps. This ability expands the Office line further into the general web and closer to the world of open standards. Seems to me like one of the few useful features they have introduced in a long time. Besides, it's not like they have a choice. OpenOffice 2.0 (beta 1.9) is looking sweet and is finally starting to represent an actual threat to the Evil Empire.
This is going to suck for people like me who run a Web site just for fun and not making any money off it.
Relax man, it's not like they will be bumping the price to $50 per registration or anything. It's still a free-market economy and the free-market won't allow it.
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They also demand that 3D Realms turn over the source code for Duke Nukem Forever.
I agree that Open Office is one of the most important open source projects. This is because it won't be a Linux derivitive that makes its way onto the desktops of the masses first. It will be open, free applications that can reliably provide the benifit of expensive commercial applications on the *Windows* desktop. A company I work for is interested in an open source "Save to PDF" tool because, well, have you priced Adobe's Acrobat lately? Not cheap. So, they are willing to consider this open source replacement to distribute to the general population. It provides most of the functionality that most of their user base needs and saves them money. The users don't even need to learn anything new. But ask them to swap out their enterprise desktop? Forget about it. If Open Office can get there (and it will *long* before Linux deriviti do), the Corporate World(TM) will open its loving arms.
I have been using JAlbum for my photo album projects for quite some time now. I like it pretty well and there are a lot of templates out there for it. I'm not crazy about it though. I checked earlier versions of Gallery a while back but I didn't care for the look of the UI and the webpages it created. Anybody try this new version of Gallery yet? Any other free web albums you guys would recommend?
Err.. Sorry about the link...
That should be Snow Crash
Take a close look at the graphic of the interface. See the name? "Hiro Protagonist".
Somebody is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash">Snow Crash fan...
How much do I charge? What should I be focusing on, hardware upgrades? Virus and spyware removal? Home networking?
I don't think it really benefits you to try to focus on one of these individual things. Just call it "Computer Services". If you are skilled in any of these areas, offer it. Usually (and this is true with nearly every business), the customer will have a need for one of your services (install some additional RAM, for example) and while you are working on that issue, three other issues will become apparent.
How much to charge is totally dependant on your market (home users, small business, etc.). I'm in Chicago and my customers are small businesses and the home networks of some doctors/lawyers/etc. I never charge less than $50/hour for on site services (that is a "friends and family" rate) and usually it is $75 or $100. Try not to under value your services too much, but also, you have to recognize your value in your individual marked.
I *never* charge flat rate for services, though I will "not count" some of my time occasionally. The only exceptions for this, in my business, is when I do photography and web site design. All other services are strictly hourly.
From TFA:
The millimeter-sized dots appear about every inch on a page, nestled within the printed words and margins.
Can anyone produce a human-readable example of this?
Perhaps it's time to unfold my tinfoil hat and use it to cover my printouts instead.
From the article...
Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday.
Holy crap! I wonder who our best spammer is. Maybe they can start having Spam Olympics or something.
That said, I'm not real big on the idea of killing off the spammers. Amputate their hands or break their spines, maybe. How many spams can then send typing with their feet or using one of those quadriplegic typing sticks? (clearing the way for the Spam Special Olympics).
Okay, I'll stop now.
And they know this how? Sounds like adware/spyware on my PC -- again.
Oh no! Adware/Spyware on my console now!? Argh!
... this capability. Yes, PDF forms have allowed this for quite some time. But, like it or lump it, MS is the leader when it comes to productivity apps. This ability expands the Office line further into the general web and closer to the world of open standards. Seems to me like one of the few useful features they have introduced in a long time. Besides, it's not like they have a choice. OpenOffice 2.0 (beta 1.9) is looking sweet and is finally starting to represent an actual threat to the Evil Empire.
Relax man, it's not like they will be bumping the price to $50 per registration or anything. It's still a free-market economy and the free-market won't allow it.